Learning Junction

These activities are a fun and engaging way to have your students practice solving word problems. The finished product also makes a great bulletin board! The problems can be used as a center, or students can work in pairs or groups and rotate around to each problem. They can also be displayed on the board to review the answers as a whole class. The students will have the opportunity to create their own addition and subtraction word problems, and find the estimate and exact answers. Their work wi

Help the penguins solve these multiplication problems by using the strategy of making a table! These tables can be used with the story 365 Penguins by Jean-Luc Fromental or on their own. The problems can be used as a center, or students can work in pairs or groups and rotate around to each problem. They can be displayed on the board to review the answers whole class. Included in the download are ten different problems, a recording sheet, and answer key.